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>> well, it's up to each state, in terms of whether they want to pass right to work laws. i happen to believe, as the president does, that right to work laws are not good public policy. that is a state judgment. and in those states it has been more difficult to organize. i would like to see a level playing field so that workers can make a full and fair choice, and some states have that and some states don't. >> but again, what heartens me as much as anything is i think there's an acute recognition in the labor movement and among responsible employers that we can't fight yesterday's battles anymore. if we're going to bring jobs back, if we're going to build a robust economy, we have to recognize that we're all in this together. >> your department has recently put in place targets, new targets for people that do business with the federal government for hiring disabled workers and veterans. how does that work and what is that meant to respond to? >> what it's meant to respond so is that the promise of the americans with disabilities act, that that law has been a game-changer.
>> well, it's up to each state, in terms of whether they want to pass right to work laws. i happen to believe, as the president does, that right to work laws are not good public policy. that is a state judgment. and in those states it has been more difficult to organize. i would like to see a level playing field so that workers can make a full and fair choice, and some states have that and some states don't. >> but again, what heartens me as much as anything is i think there's an...
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i took the republicans to my law office in sacramento on more than one occasion. i got them expensive wine. i met their wives i went to their homes and offices. they came down to meet with me on sunday morning, in the evening. here's problem. the republicans are in different localities than the democrats. they're not even in san francisco. they're not in los angeles. they're in fresno. they're in bakersfield. those people in that community are more conservative. they don't want any taxes. the tax word is very powerful. for the republicans they're doing what their neighbors and constituents want. >> reporter: it doesn't sound like you think at least on the state level and maybe on the federal level that this ideological split, the republicans, democrats, at a party and so forth it doesn't sound like you have a lot of hope that that could be bridged. >> i'm a very hopeful person and i'm optimistic about california that we found a way around the log jam. but i have to tell you the ideology of the republicans is different than the democrats. they don't mind the inequa
i took the republicans to my law office in sacramento on more than one occasion. i got them expensive wine. i met their wives i went to their homes and offices. they came down to meet with me on sunday morning, in the evening. here's problem. the republicans are in different localities than the democrats. they're not even in san francisco. they're not in los angeles. they're in fresno. they're in bakersfield. those people in that community are more conservative. they don't want any taxes. the...
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i'm hoping that we will be able to get reform in the gun laws. but here's the simple mechanism at the heart of this. the way our founders designed american democracy, the role of the elected representatives was to go to washington and immerse themselves in information and learn more but always keep in mind how is this going to affect my constituents. to put it out way, how do i react if i vote this way or make this speech. now because representatives and senators spend five to six hours a day everyday begging for money from wealthy interests and wealthy individual to build up a war chest so they can buy their television commercials the next day when they go to vote or make a speech they tell themselves "how is this going to affect my fund raising?" so their constituents take a backseat unless it is an exceptional situation where the public is passionately aroused. >> brown: this money and influence question is one that has been hitting you with the past few weeks since you sold current t.v. to al jazeera. al jazeera owned by the government of qat
i'm hoping that we will be able to get reform in the gun laws. but here's the simple mechanism at the heart of this. the way our founders designed american democracy, the role of the elected representatives was to go to washington and immerse themselves in information and learn more but always keep in mind how is this going to affect my constituents. to put it out way, how do i react if i vote this way or make this speech. now because representatives and senators spend five to six hours a day...
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there are applications of law and new things happen and you have to evolve. for instance, when we heard about tropical storm karen, fema needed to bring people back on in order that we would be ready to handle a storm if that storm had landed and caused damage. another example of things going the other way is at one point in time, the veterans' benefits team ran out of money, and so over 7,000 people were furloughed, even though they had not been furloughed nicialgly. it is an evolution and changing things that every day because it's a very unnatural and damaging state. >> woodruff: sylvia burwell, the director of the office of management and budget, thank you very much. >> happy to be here. >> woodruff: as for the shutdown's effects on the broader economy and the uncertainty that some see going forward. we check in with two economists who have been examining this: beth ann bovino of standard and poor's and mark zandi of moody's analytics. welcome to you both. so mark zandi, to you first. how has the broader economy been affected by all this? >> well, by my c
there are applications of law and new things happen and you have to evolve. for instance, when we heard about tropical storm karen, fema needed to bring people back on in order that we would be ready to handle a storm if that storm had landed and caused damage. another example of things going the other way is at one point in time, the veterans' benefits team ran out of money, and so over 7,000 people were furloughed, even though they had not been furloughed nicialgly. it is an evolution and...
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adapting to the fact thattrayvos murdered and that there are still stand your ground laws on the books which are a clear and present danger to every black man in the united states. do we have a movement that is capable of growing to embrace these new issues? that, i think, will be the question on august 28, 2013. norton, congresswoman, thank so much. >> ifill: we'll share more of our 50th anniversary conversations next week. on monday, i talk with an activist who marched and with hi son, now an elected state lawmaker about how the march has reverberated across generations. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day: syrian activists and rebels accused the government of carrying out a toxic chemical attack near damascus that killed hundreds of people. the u.n. security council held emergency consultations this afternoon to discuss what to do next. and army private bradley manning received a prison sentence of 35 years for passing more than 700,000 classified files to wikileaks. >> ifill: mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all? kwame holman tells us. >> holman
adapting to the fact thattrayvos murdered and that there are still stand your ground laws on the books which are a clear and present danger to every black man in the united states. do we have a movement that is capable of growing to embrace these new issues? that, i think, will be the question on august 28, 2013. norton, congresswoman, thank so much. >> ifill: we'll share more of our 50th anniversary conversations next week. on monday, i talk with an activist who marched and with hi son,...
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laws do, too. change like that isn't something that starts here in washington, but it's something that has the power that washington has a great deal of difficulty resisting over time. >> suarez: for more we turn to paul taylor, executive vice president of the pew research center and co-author of the l.g.b.t. survey. and gary gates, distinguished scholar at the williams center at u.c.l.a. and co-author of "the gay and lesbian atlas." paul taylor, this is a survey involving a community that's often the object of research but rarely the subject of research. did the l.g.b.t. americans that you spoke to agree with what we just heard the president saying about change being under way? >> yes. we had-- as you said, 93% saying society is more accepting now than it was 10 years ago. and then we said about what 10 years from now, and another 92%, 93% said it will be more accepting. we take a lot of surveys. we rarely see numbers in the 90s. you ask people, "does your mother love you is there? maybe you'll ge
laws do, too. change like that isn't something that starts here in washington, but it's something that has the power that washington has a great deal of difficulty resisting over time. >> suarez: for more we turn to paul taylor, executive vice president of the pew research center and co-author of the l.g.b.t. survey. and gary gates, distinguished scholar at the williams center at u.c.l.a. and co-author of "the gay and lesbian atlas." paul taylor, this is a survey involving a...
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under current law, only applicants for u.s. citizenship, not those applying for green cards, must prove english proficiency. for a debate on that issue, we turned to barbara mujica, a professor of spanish literature at georgetown university, and max sevillia of the national association of latino elected officials, naleo. i spoke to them recently as part of our ongoing series: "inside immigration reform." max, currently if you want to become a legal resident, is there any language requirement at all? >> no, there's not. there's a language requirement vis-a-vis as you were saying naturalizing and becoming a u.s. citizen and what senator rubio is proposing it actually goes contrary to the current proposal, bipartisan proposal, that already calls for people to learn english. i think it would make it to unique to these undocumented community going through a path to legalization and not a requirement of any other immigrants attempting to get a green card. >> suarez: professor, the senate proposal currently recommends people trying to
under current law, only applicants for u.s. citizenship, not those applying for green cards, must prove english proficiency. for a debate on that issue, we turned to barbara mujica, a professor of spanish literature at georgetown university, and max sevillia of the national association of latino elected officials, naleo. i spoke to them recently as part of our ongoing series: "inside immigration reform." max, currently if you want to become a legal resident, is there any language...
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if you see these men, contact law enforcement. if you know anything about the bombings or the men picture here please call the telephone listed on the photo arrays, that's 1-800-225-5324. all calls will be kept confidential. we have also established a web site for tips that directly relates to the bombing. please contact u at www.boston john mir thantip the photos can be viewed on our web sitebi.gov. for it is important to emphasize the images from mongd are indelible and the horror of that day will remain with us forever. >> brown: we're joined from boston by david boeri of wbur public radio. david, that was an extraordinary news conference. no description of the suspects other than the color of the hats they were wearing. they just decided to put it out there for the public. >> that's right. and this is an example, jeff, if ever there was one of narrow casting. they didn't make the description they put it out there, they tell people they don't want to know about anybody else, any other photographs or video except that that perta
if you see these men, contact law enforcement. if you know anything about the bombings or the men picture here please call the telephone listed on the photo arrays, that's 1-800-225-5324. all calls will be kept confidential. we have also established a web site for tips that directly relates to the bombing. please contact u at www.boston john mir thantip the photos can be viewed on our web sitebi.gov. for it is important to emphasize the images from mongd are indelible and the horror of that day...
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the leak of classified government surveillance programs, to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get two takes on the n.s.a. story. first, we examine how the intelligence community's reliance on contractors may put top-secret information at risk. >> woodruff: then, google is the first tech giant to respond on- camera about its role in the prism program. jeffrey brown talks to the company's chief counsel. >> we do not participate in any kind of a program that gives the government any access to our servers, direct or otherwise, nor do we allow the government to place any kind of equipment on our systems. >> ifill: we update the fight over contraception, as the justice department reverses its position, and allows the morning after pill to be sold over the counter to women and girls. >> woodruff: we continue our series on food security with a report from qatar on innovative ways to combat a lack of water with a booming population. >> the technologies can be applied anywhere. but in the desert
the leak of classified government surveillance programs, to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get two takes on the n.s.a. story. first, we examine how the intelligence community's reliance on contractors may put top-secret information at risk. >> woodruff: then, google is the first tech giant to respond on- camera about its role in the prism program. jeffrey brown talks to the...
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and the muslim brotherhood blocked a law on violence against women. law and order collapsed under their rule so voluntary groups have had to step in. >> we're doing the job of the police. we're doing the job of people who are in power who should be responsible for this. >> reporter: zeinab is planning to join her male colleagues intervening to save women being attacked in tahrir square. because the victims now fear that rescuers may in fact turn out to be rapists. >> i reached the point where i don't get scared anymore. now when someone touches me when i'm trying to not intervene or patrolling at least or anything like, it's never fine. i know it's part of the job. it's something you cannot prevent for now but when it comes to intervening, i saw cases. i saw victims and it's traumatizing and i feel them and i feel that it's not, you cannot trust a man anymore. >> reporter: poverty, unemployment, segregation of the sexes. many factors contribute to endemic sexual harassment in egypt. the deprivation in social attitudes are not the only causes. >> ( tra
and the muslim brotherhood blocked a law on violence against women. law and order collapsed under their rule so voluntary groups have had to step in. >> we're doing the job of the police. we're doing the job of people who are in power who should be responsible for this. >> reporter: zeinab is planning to join her male colleagues intervening to save women being attacked in tahrir square. because the victims now fear that rescuers may in fact turn out to be rapists. >> i reached...
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republicans refused to budge on their demands to delay parts of the president's health care law. democrats remained adamantly opposed to those demands. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: the effects of the shutdown were widespread and immediate. in washington this morning, the lincoln memorial, overseen by the national park service, was closed to visitors. >> at this point, we don't know how long this is going to go on for. >> reporter: park service spokesman mike litterst lamented that the pain of a shutdown will be felt by many. >> we're not talking about the inconvenience of a... of a few hundred people here and there. there are tens of thousands of people whose vacation plans and visits to these historic and national sites are being impacted. 715,000 people a day in the month of october would be expected to visit national parks, and again the ripple effect goes out into the surrounding communities to the tune of $76 million. >> reporter: among those turned away: a tour bus full of retirees on a 13-state trip. >> it ruined the t
republicans refused to budge on their demands to delay parts of the president's health care law. democrats remained adamantly opposed to those demands. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: the effects of the shutdown were widespread and immediate. in washington this morning, the lincoln memorial, overseen by the national park service, was closed to visitors. >> at this point, we don't know how long this is going to go on for. >>...
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citizenship i would just simply change the law to say you can be here on a work visa, and you can get in citizenship line at the same time. >> it sounds like you're taking the oversight and vair any occasion out of the department of homeland security where it might currently reside and putting it with the congress, that's a congress these days can hardly agree that the sunrises in the east and sets in the west, it's going to have a yearly approval process that's going to work? >> the approval process would not be voting over individual items, you would be approving an overall report as to whether or not the items that were in the bill are being adhered to. the reason we do this, there's not much trust on what we do in washington and with good reason sometimes. so much of legislation delegates the authority to bureaucrats to do this then it never gets done. for example, in obama care there's 18, 1900 references to the secretary of health shall decide at a later date. really you elected your representatives to decide these things. we should write in to the bill how we secure the bill an
citizenship i would just simply change the law to say you can be here on a work visa, and you can get in citizenship line at the same time. >> it sounds like you're taking the oversight and vair any occasion out of the department of homeland security where it might currently reside and putting it with the congress, that's a congress these days can hardly agree that the sunrises in the east and sets in the west, it's going to have a yearly approval process that's going to work? >>...
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this law has been on the books since 1978. it was passed in response to the abuses in the nixon administration and pursuant to the church commission which investigatedded a lot of intelligence abuses in the mid '70s. it was passed by overwhelming bipartisan margins and it set up the senate intelligence and house intelligence committees in addition to the court to review individual actions against u.s. persons. it continued that way through 2011 when it was clear the authorities were outdated. then we amended it after a public debate in the united states congress. it works well. >> ifill: senator udall, we just heardlk this program. is it possible to share this kind of information as edward snowden did and not share it at such a scale. is that the problem? >> have him share the information about what he picked up? >> ifill: so much of it. well, we've yet to see what else he has out there. right now he released basically two big programs. the one about the telephones and the one about prison which is intercepting the internet tr
this law has been on the books since 1978. it was passed in response to the abuses in the nixon administration and pursuant to the church commission which investigatedded a lot of intelligence abuses in the mid '70s. it was passed by overwhelming bipartisan margins and it set up the senate intelligence and house intelligence committees in addition to the court to review individual actions against u.s. persons. it continued that way through 2011 when it was clear the authorities were outdated....
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judy woodruff reports on the struggle to fully implement a landmark civil rights law. >> think about it as segregation. people are still segregated. it's wrong, it's wrong morally, economically and it's wrong in compliance with americans with disbill teeth acts. >> ifill: tempers often flare as the temperature outside rises. could climate change be making us more violent? ray suarez dives into the details of a new study. >> brown: and a powerful drama based on the true story of one man's last day, before being fatally shot on an oakland subway. we sit down with the director of "fruitvale station". >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.
judy woodruff reports on the struggle to fully implement a landmark civil rights law. >> think about it as segregation. people are still segregated. it's wrong, it's wrong morally, economically and it's wrong in compliance with americans with disbill teeth acts. >> ifill: tempers often flare as the temperature outside rises. could climate change be making us more violent? ray suarez dives into the details of a new study. >> brown: and a powerful drama based on the true story...
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the court found a state law can't trump the 1993 motor voter law, which streamlines election sign-ups through a national form system. with us, as always, is marcia coyle of the "national law journal." tell us a little more about the case of the justice. >> the election clause in the federal constitution it gives states the responsibility to set the time, place and manner of federal elections. but it also gives congress the power to alter those regulations, as you said in 1993, congress enacademy the motor voter law that created a simple unified form to register to vote. in 2004 arizona enacted proposition 200, and that required state voting officials to reject any registration form that did not include concrete evidence of citizenship such as driver's license, birth certificate. the issue before the court was whether that requirement conflicted with the federal form which only requires the applicant to attest, sign that the person is a citizen under penalty of perjury. >> what did the justices do? >> justice scalia wrote for the majority as he was during oral arguments, he was very sk
the court found a state law can't trump the 1993 motor voter law, which streamlines election sign-ups through a national form system. with us, as always, is marcia coyle of the "national law journal." tell us a little more about the case of the justice. >> the election clause in the federal constitution it gives states the responsibility to set the time, place and manner of federal elections. but it also gives congress the power to alter those regulations, as you said in 1993,...
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a group of law professors has asked the s.e.c. to adopt a rule requiring public companies to disclose money donated for politics to shareholders. so far, their petition has garnered over 500,000 comments, more than any in the agency's history, and s.e.c. officials have indicated they will consider the proposal. what is each side arguing? we're joined by robert j. jackson, jr., a columbia university law school professor who helped write the original petition. and paul atkins, a former s.e.c. commissioner. he's the chief executive of patomak global partners, a financial services consulting firm. today if acme company wants to use corporate funds to support a specific issue around, let's say, election time, do the shareholders have to be told in anyway? >> well, i mean it depends on exactly what that is. corporations right now if they're giving to political campaigns, they have to disclose what they do through pacs or that sort of thing. if it's done through other sorts of groups, not necessarily something that depends on what the ac
a group of law professors has asked the s.e.c. to adopt a rule requiring public companies to disclose money donated for politics to shareholders. so far, their petition has garnered over 500,000 comments, more than any in the agency's history, and s.e.c. officials have indicated they will consider the proposal. what is each side arguing? we're joined by robert j. jackson, jr., a columbia university law school professor who helped write the original petition. and paul atkins, a former s.e.c....
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a lot of law enforcement involved in that. to assist that we have suspended all service on the m.b.t.a., our public transit service, and this will continue until we think it's safe to open all or some of that. we're asking people to shelter in place-- in other words to stay indoors with their doors locked and not to open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer. and that applies here in watertown where we are right now. id walham, newton, belmont and, at this point, all of boston. all of boston. this is a serious situation. we're taking it seriously. we're asking the public to take it seriously as well and to assist law enforcement by following these simple instructions. we've got every asset that we can possibly muster on the ground right now. they are doing a terrific job and working in concert with each other but we are going to need the public to help us help them stay safe. >> reporter: in washington, the president convened a briefing in the white house situation room with almost a doze
a lot of law enforcement involved in that. to assist that we have suspended all service on the m.b.t.a., our public transit service, and this will continue until we think it's safe to open all or some of that. we're asking people to shelter in place-- in other words to stay indoors with their doors locked and not to open the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer. and that applies here in watertown where we are right now. id walham, newton, belmont and, at this...
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, the law says they couldn't do that. and i don't understand how by giving to two andÑi $10,000 to a third actually prevents corruption. i mean, i -- that's the issue before the court. and we're getting into a conversation about issues that are not before the court and the freedom of speech should ensure that a person under the individual limits should be able to give to whomever they want to give to. >> woodruff: do you have a final comment congressman price about that corruption? >> well, all i can say is that for four decades the court has saidñr that there's a particular problem with direct contributions in terms of corruption and the perception of corruption. now, i -- iÑi think there's the same problem with respect to expenditures but the court has not thought so. the court has thought that contributions were warranted special regulations andçó that's what our republican friends are saying should be overturned. it's a major unleashing of a whole new class of superdonors. >> woodruff: we are going to have to lea
, the law says they couldn't do that. and i don't understand how by giving to two andÑi $10,000 to a third actually prevents corruption. i mean, i -- that's the issue before the court. and we're getting into a conversation about issues that are not before the court and the freedom of speech should ensure that a person under the individual limits should be able to give to whomever they want to give to. >> woodruff: do you have a final comment congressman price about that corruption?...
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our laws specifically prohibit us from survailing u.s. persons without a warrant, and there are a whole range of safeguards that have been put in place to make sure that, that basic principle is abided by. but... but what is clear is that, whether because of the instinctive bias of the intelligence community to keep everything very close and probably what's a fair criticism is my assumption that if we had checks and balances from the courts and congress, that that traditional system of checks and balances would be enough to give people assurance that these programs were run properly. you know, that assumption i think proved to be undermined by what happened after the leaks. i think people have questions about this program. and there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response than would have been the case if i had simply appointed this review board to go through-- and i'd sat down with congress and we had worked this thing through-- it would have been less exciting and it would not have generate
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times have changed tremendously and the law must change with the times. >> suarez: there are lots of moving parts involved in running elections. remaps following census, each state and jurisdiction, huhs about how you vine up to vote and where you vote. with the authority to create these jurisdictions, these preclearance jurisdictions, for now taken away, how do individual voters and groups of voters around the country protection their right if they feel that they've been violated? >> the same way they protect them in all the other states that are not subject to preclearance. you can file a lawsuit and more importantly, the political dynamics, i think, make it very difficult and rare for the sort of discrimination that occurred in the 1960s to happen again. you have states like mississippi that has a higher percentage of african-americans to vote than white americans. i think that we need to have preclearance only for the southern states or just at any state, actually, is just outdated. and i really think this does give us a good opportunity through section 2 of the voting rights act
times have changed tremendously and the law must change with the times. >> suarez: there are lots of moving parts involved in running elections. remaps following census, each state and jurisdiction, huhs about how you vine up to vote and where you vote. with the authority to create these jurisdictions, these preclearance jurisdictions, for now taken away, how do individual voters and groups of voters around the country protection their right if they feel that they've been violated?...
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the criteria is whether or not the program's lawful, and it's lawful only, in my judgment, if the congress and the american people have understood that the law allows it. and congress, apparently, thinks that they understood it. they forgot to tell us. >> brown: well, let me-- lonel leighton, one of the questions here is sort of how clear the law is, right? i mean, in deciding when the collection of data is allowed, how well defined is this idea of relevancy to important security data. is that clear? >> well, it's-- you know, when you look at how the law is written, it is not exactly explicitly clear. so for example kate and i can have a debate on the issue, on the merits of the law, but the issue for an intelligence agency is how do i, as an intelligence agency, look at the data that is available to me and what kind of data should be made available to me. so the intelligence agencies look to the executive leadership in the white house, and then the legislative leadership in congress, and in these particular cases, congress has been briefed on the program, on the nature of the program, and
the criteria is whether or not the program's lawful, and it's lawful only, in my judgment, if the congress and the american people have understood that the law allows it. and congress, apparently, thinks that they understood it. they forgot to tell us. >> brown: well, let me-- lonel leighton, one of the questions here is sort of how clear the law is, right? i mean, in deciding when the collection of data is allowed, how well defined is this idea of relevancy to important security data. is...
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they are there to offer him advice on military law. there was one point today where he sort of paused to consult with them on a particular matter. >> and was there a determination made about his mental competence? >> to serve as his own lawyer, i guess to stand trial? >> there was. that happened early on. there was also a sort of secondary evaluation done where they took into consideration his physical status in terms of being physically able to represent himself because he's in a wheelchair. he was shot during the attack and is paralyzed from the chest down. that was a consideration but he insisted that he was strong enough to do it. that he could take breaks. but it's okay with sitting for long periods of time, that it's going to require for this trial because the judge has already estimated that it's probably going to take at least a month and possibly several months >> warner: finallying of course, this is a military trial not a civilian criminal trial. what difference does that make in the way the trial is conducted, the rules of
they are there to offer him advice on military law. there was one point today where he sort of paused to consult with them on a particular matter. >> and was there a determination made about his mental competence? >> to serve as his own lawyer, i guess to stand trial? >> there was. that happened early on. there was also a sort of secondary evaluation done where they took into consideration his physical status in terms of being physically able to represent himself because he's...
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and what, they use it frankly for is to just disable an agency or a law. i mean forbes, a federal election commission is now, is new because they won't confirm people. the national labor relations board whether workers can organize, that has been disabled as well. so i think there is enough hypocrisy to go around. but i think it is a legitimate fight. >> because the people aren't there to run the agency, to carry out the law. >> in other words, and especially the consumer protection agency, where richard is still waiting for confirmation. >> this is like an old political philosophy principles that if there is not external self-control-- internal self-control there will be external self-control. but the members had a code of ethics that they weren't going to abusement and now the code has gone away so they just use it all the time some then the people in the majority say oh, we're just going get rid of the filibuster because they can't control themselves. i understand the impulse to get rid of the filibuster, nonetheless the senate is not the house because
and what, they use it frankly for is to just disable an agency or a law. i mean forbes, a federal election commission is now, is new because they won't confirm people. the national labor relations board whether workers can organize, that has been disabled as well. so i think there is enough hypocrisy to go around. but i think it is a legitimate fight. >> because the people aren't there to run the agency, to carry out the law. >> in other words, and especially the consumer protection...
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and ordinary international laws was important and where the laws of war, the use of military force under the laws of war is the exception and not the rule. but that was in the future. and as for today and for an indeterminindeterminate point mg forward i heard a reassertion of a very flawed premise that supports the targeting killing program which is of global war. he said we are still 12 years after the fact at war with al qaeda and undefined, unknown associated forces, and i think that seemed to be very much a continuation of the problem, of a programs that has resulted in thousands of people dead. yes, there were-- there was an outline of narrower standards for targeting individuals. that was important. ity are mains to be seen how the standards are interpreted. he referenced imminence and infeesibility of capture. i don't know is that prior interpretations that i've seen by the justice department of imminence for example, necessarily engenders a great deal of confidence about how those standards will be interpreted. i think the fundamental premise of the program remains. >> brown: da
and ordinary international laws was important and where the laws of war, the use of military force under the laws of war is the exception and not the rule. but that was in the future. and as for today and for an indeterminindeterminate point mg forward i heard a reassertion of a very flawed premise that supports the targeting killing program which is of global war. he said we are still 12 years after the fact at war with al qaeda and undefined, unknown associated forces, and i think that seemed...
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and the law allowed the d.n.a. swab. >> any states besides maryland which has a law like this? >> 28 states and the federal government have laws. they're not all the same. it may well be the court's decision today will encourage other states to pass similar laws. >> ifill: very interesting, marcia coyle. as always, i know you're bracing for the rest of this very busy month. >> a very busy month. ifill: thank you. my pleasure. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, violent demonstrations across turkey; margaret warner on hezbollah joining syria's civil war; bradley manning on trial for leaking secrets; and the passing of the senate's oldest member. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: the man accused in the 2009 shootings at fort hood, texas, will represent himself at his court-martial. a military judge ruled today that army major nidal hasan is mentally competent to act as his own defense lawyer. he's charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder. jury selection begins wednesday. if convicted, hasan could get
and the law allowed the d.n.a. swab. >> any states besides maryland which has a law like this? >> 28 states and the federal government have laws. they're not all the same. it may well be the court's decision today will encourage other states to pass similar laws. >> ifill: very interesting, marcia coyle. as always, i know you're bracing for the rest of this very busy month. >> a very busy month. ifill: thank you. my pleasure. >> brown: still to come on the...
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. >> it failed to mention the word "constitution" or "law." i think there were many external and internal powers behind the plan for these days. millions were spent to back a counterrevolution against the egyptian revolution. that toppled hosni mubarak and his regime. >> ifill: with tensions at a breaking point this afternoon, there were reports of armed clashes and casualties between morsi-backers and opponents in cairo. a short time ago, president morsi announced via twitter that he will be holding "onto constitutional legitimacy" and called on the egyptian military to withdraw its ultimatum. for more i'm joined by nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers in cairo. nancy, this is unfolding even as we speak. we also heard via twitter this afternoon that president morsi said he is not going to give into this ultimatum by the military. what is the health of his regime tonight? >> well, as you mentioned earlier at least five of his ministers resigned. two government spokesmen, a cabinet spokesman, and the streets are as packed as they were yesterda
. >> it failed to mention the word "constitution" or "law." i think there were many external and internal powers behind the plan for these days. millions were spent to back a counterrevolution against the egyptian revolution. that toppled hosni mubarak and his regime. >> ifill: with tensions at a breaking point this afternoon, there were reports of armed clashes and casualties between morsi-backers and opponents in cairo. a short time ago, president morsi...
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, but james comey also told his senate confirmation hearing he will work with congress on improving laws that govern surveillance. comey served in the justice department under president george w. bush. he said he argued strongly against extreme interrogations of terror suspects but was overruled. three young women who spent a decade imprisoned and tortured in a cleveland house have made their first public statements. the women escaped from the house and their kidnapper in early may. in an online video today, they thanked those who have given them emotional and financial support, and they asked for privacy. michelle knight, now 32, said she will not let her long ordeal define her life. >> i just want everyone to know i'm doing just fine. i may have been through hell and back but i am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face and with my head held high. >> sreenivasan: the accused kidnapper, ariel castro, is facing trial on 329 counts of kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 75 points to close at 15,300. the n
, but james comey also told his senate confirmation hearing he will work with congress on improving laws that govern surveillance. comey served in the justice department under president george w. bush. he said he argued strongly against extreme interrogations of terror suspects but was overruled. three young women who spent a decade imprisoned and tortured in a cleveland house have made their first public statements. the women escaped from the house and their kidnapper in early may. in an...
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. >> nullification of a law, through that type of action. that's sort of like picking up your marbles and going home. but, when you're a kid, no one really gets hurt. but who gets hurt from this? the american people. >> reporter: utah republican mike lee, a lead proponent of the defunding effort, insisted conservatives are the ones listening to the public. >> the people who elect us, do expect us to do what we say we're going to do. not sometimes, not just when it is convenient. in fact, they expect us to do what we say we're going to do especially when it's inconvenient. >> reporter: the senate ultimately voted, 54 to 44, along a straight party line, to fund government operations into mid-november, after democrats removed the obamacare defunding language. the measure now heads back to the house, where republican leaders hope to find a plan tea party conservatives will support. texas g.o.p. senator ted cruz said he wants them to stand firm and reject any bill that leaves obamacare intact. >> when that happens, the bill is going to come back
. >> nullification of a law, through that type of action. that's sort of like picking up your marbles and going home. but, when you're a kid, no one really gets hurt. but who gets hurt from this? the american people. >> reporter: utah republican mike lee, a lead proponent of the defunding effort, insisted conservatives are the ones listening to the public. >> the people who elect us, do expect us to do what we say we're going to do. not sometimes, not just when it is...
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they can ebb force all the other consumer protection laws that aren't affected by today's rule and if it's a qualified mortgage they can still go to court and challenge whether those criteria were met. they're fairly bright line criteria so i wouldn't expect a lot of challenges but consumers have that available to them in the more risky subprime space that was the cause of the crisis consumers can go to court and challenge whether they had the ability to pay and the lender paid appropriate attention to them. >> but the lending, the mortgage industry generally was supportive today after you issued these rules. there must be something they like about it. >> i think they like certainty here. we've tried to draw bright lines and not leave things fuzzy that will have to go into the courts and be resolved over many years. people were waiting for this rule and we've drawn the circle of qualified mortgages quite broughtly so as not to cramp lending in the mortgage market. so i think on balance this is a good direction for lenders, good for consumers, they can have confidence that the lender h
they can ebb force all the other consumer protection laws that aren't affected by today's rule and if it's a qualified mortgage they can still go to court and challenge whether those criteria were met. they're fairly bright line criteria so i wouldn't expect a lot of challenges but consumers have that available to them in the more risky subprime space that was the cause of the crisis consumers can go to court and challenge whether they had the ability to pay and the lender paid appropriate...
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at vanderbilt law school. jonathan turley of the george washington university law school. and they are joined tonight by leonard pitts jr., a pulitzer- prize winning columnist for the "miami herald." and presidential historian michael beschloss. welcome to everybody. leonard pitts why don't you start it off. generally what is your reaction to what the president said? >> my general reaction is glory hallelujah and thank goodness when he already said it. there is no political upside. but morally and socially, i believe and i believe he came to the conclusion that as the nation's first african american president there is no way that he could stand on the sidelines on this. he had to, to speak to these issues and he had to call the nation to account, not so much in terms of what happened legally, in that courtroom in florida, but in terms of the moral implications of it. in terms of this idea that seems to be bandied about that somehow it's trayvon martin's innocence or guilt that is in question, or that mr. zimme
at vanderbilt law school. jonathan turley of the george washington university law school. and they are joined tonight by leonard pitts jr., a pulitzer- prize winning columnist for the "miami herald." and presidential historian michael beschloss. welcome to everybody. leonard pitts why don't you start it off. generally what is your reaction to what the president said? >> my general reaction is glory hallelujah and thank goodness when he already said it. there is no political...